Medical Dictionary

Rhodotorula

noun Rho·do·tor·u·la \ˌrōd-ə-ˈtr-yə-lə\

Medical Definition of RHODOTORULA

:  a genus of yeasts (family Cryptococcaceae) including one (R. rubra synonym R. mucilaginosa) sometimes present in the blood or involved in endocarditis probably as a secondary infection

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